I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

"Hmm..." Captain Void Blade leaned against the wall, pondered for a moment, and said:

"Just like the creatures of the Intersecting Boundaries possess a 'Core Organ', each Intersecting Boundary itself also has its own 'Core'."

"This 'Core' might be a creature, could be a plant, or maybe something else."

"To explain this, first, you need to understand that the Intersecting Boundaries actually have a concept similar to 'life and death'."

Xue Jing asked in confusion, "Life and death?"

Captain Void Blade nodded, "Yes, life, and death."

"An Intersecting Boundary with its Core intact is 'alive'."

"A living Intersecting Boundary continuously undergoes various changes, such as the phenomenon of expansion of the Intersecting Boundaries, which is a kind of change that causes the area of the Boundary to keep expanding, encroaching upon the current world region."

"This is also why we need to place 'monitors' within the Intersecting Boundaries; we must observe them at all times to respond to their possible changes... Otherwise, to give you an example, the Roaring Waterfall you were going to might suddenly experience accelerated time, or a time leap phenomenon might occur.

The Pureblood Dragon Species inside might still be in its juvenile phase now, but it could reach adulthood by tomorrow."

"An adult Pureblood Dragon Species, if we don't discover it in time and allow it to escape into our world and invade the urban zones... that would be an unimaginable disaster."

After thinking for a while, Xue Jing asked, "Then what about 'death'? Does an Intersecting Boundary disappear when it dies?"

Captain Void Blade shook his head, "Once an Intersecting Boundary appears, it never disappears... at least none have been found to disappear so far."

"The so-called death of an Intersecting Boundary refers to the destruction of its Core."

"Once the Core is destroyed, the Intersecting Boundary dies, and there won't be those sudden change phenomena anymore..."

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow, "So, you're saying, if I were to kill that Core Creature, which is probably the Pureblood Dragon Species, the Roaring Waterfall would 'die,' and we wouldn't need monitors anymore?"

Captain Void Blade hesitated for a moment, "Well... that's right."

"However, I'd advise against such ideas,"

Captain Void Blade said diplomatically.

"A Pureblood Dragon Species... even in its juvenile phase, has a danger level of at least 6, and depending on the capability of its Core Organ, even 7 is possible."

Xue Jing waved his hand, "Hey, I was just talking, it was just a joke, how could I really do such a thing? I don't want to die."

Captain Void Blade nodded, "It's good that you understand."

The Mountain Demon next to him felt something odd and was about to say something.

It was then that a broadcast suddenly sounded in the cabin.

"Captain! The radar shows something is approaching the craft at high speed!"

"There's a reaction from the biological field of a Dragon-type creature, it seems like... a person infused with the Dragon Wing Device!"

Upon hearing this, both Captain Void Blade and Mountain Demon's expressions changed.

"Approaching quickly without greetings, they're up to no good," Mountain Demon remarked, stroking his chin.

Xue Jing's gaze sharpened, "A person infused with the Dragon Wing Device... Could it be the Sky Pirates?"

Mountain Demon frowned, "Sky Pirates? Are there actually Sky Pirates in the Outer Ring? And we just happen to run into them? What do they want?"

After a moment's thought, Captain Void Blade said, "They're probably here to rob us."

Mountain Demon asked in surprise, "Rob? There's not much of value inside the plane, right?"

Captain Void Blade stated blandly, "They're not after the things inside the plane but the plane itself."

Saying this, she suddenly thought of something and looked at Xue Jing somewhat strangely.

Xue Jing felt uncomfortable under her gaze, "Captain Void Blade, why are you looking at me like that?"

With a queer expression, Captain Void Blade said, "It's nothing... just thinking that we didn't encounter any Sky Pirates on our way here."

Xue Jing's lips twitched.

He knew that Captain Void Blade wasn't suspecting any connection between him and the Sky Pirates.

Instead, she was subtly pointing out his 'trouble magnet' nature.

"Seriously, you should formally join The Sixth Agency. You're perfectly suited for this job," Captain Void Blade couldn't help saying.

Mountain Demon chimed in exasperatedly from the side, "Big brother, big sister, we are in a crisis, can we not chat so leisurely right now?"

After thinking for a moment, Captain Void Blade walked to the wall, took the intercom hanging there, and calmly said, "Jing, stop the plane, then open the cabin door."

After hanging up the intercom, she turned to Mountain Demon and Xue Jing, "You both lack the ability to fly, and the constraints are too great in a high-altitude environment. Stay inside the cabin, I'll go outside and talk with the Sky Pirates, see if we can resolve this through discussion, if not..."

Mountain Demon nodded, digging through a large backpack on a nearby seat, and pulled out an unknown model but visibly large-caliber sniper rifle.

"Don't worry, Captain, I understand."

The airplane gradually stopped moving forward, hanging in midair. The embedded cabin door popped open with a hiss, and the strong wind from the high altitude immediately rushed into the cabin, blowing Xue Jing's hair back into a slicked-back style, causing even the skin on his face to flutter incessantly.

Void Blade leapt out of the cabin with a vault.

The Mountain Demon raised his hand in front of his eyes to shield against the fierce wind, intending to close the cabin door, but Xue Jing suddenly raised a hand to stop him.

"What's wrong?" the Mountain Demon asked, puzzled.

Xue Jing smiled and said, "It seems negotiations have failed, I'll help, too."

In the howling wind, it was hard to hear clearly, so the Mountain Demon yelled, "No way, even if you're impressive, you're just a Martial Artist. In this high-altitude environment, a slip could send you into free fall. How can you help?"

"I'll give you a gun, and we'll just shoot from inside the cabin."

Xue Jing shook his head, "I've graduated from being a Pure Martial Artist."

In the sound of the wind, the Mountain Demon didn't hear clearly; he shouted, "Huh? What did you say?"

But no one answered him anymore.

Xue Jing, holding on to the side of the door, somersaulted and landed lightly on the back of the airplane.

...

Void Blade stood in midair, hovering next to the airplane, watching the four figures speeding towards her.

The four had clearly seen the airplane stop and someone come out, yet they did not slow down at all.

Seeing this, Void Blade immediately understood that the others did not intend to talk.

She stretched out her hands and drew two sharp blades from her left thigh and right waist, gripping them in reverse.

"This is troublesome, one of them is difficult to deal with," Void Blade thought, furrowing her brow.

Individuals who constantly walk the line between life and death possess a keen instinct and a superior perception of danger.

At that moment, every nerve in her body was alerting her that among those Sky Pirates, the muscular man flying in the lead was very dangerous.

"Now we're short on combat strength... Although Xue Jing is strong, this environment probably won't be of much use."

"If it really comes down to it... we might just have to abandon this Dragon Core Machine and settle the score later."

As the four Sky Pirates moved quickly forward, they swiftly closed the distance between them.

"Ha, they only have one person coming out, they must want to negotiate," the man with long hair exclaimed excitedly.

"Seeing such a weak response, it seems we've really stumbled upon a windfall!"

"Woman, you've got nothing good left to say!"

The thin woman smirked, just about to speak, when she noticed another figure appears on the back of the airplane.

"Who's that?"

Before the four could react, suddenly, black streams of air began to emerge all around that figure.

The black streams ignited, transforming into a translucent black shadow.

The shadow swirled around his body, shifting and gathering together, forming a skeletal structure.

Shortly after, the skeleton was covered with flesh, morphing into a sturdy body, which then donned a splendid set of Black Armor.

Eventually, a gigantic upper-body of translucent black armor formed, wearing a full-face helmet, with only a pair of white, hollow eyes visible.

Then, the giant drew a bow.

"Whoosh—"

A massive black arrow, like a meteor, was shot out, tearing through the air, leaving behind a trail of slowly spreading foam.

Before anyone on the scene could react, the arrow pierced through the abdomen of the long-haired man, cutting him in half at the waist.

As he lay dying, an unconscious thought flashed through the long-haired man's brain.

—This strike pierces the stars.

...